Scottish Parliament

Written Answers

Monday 21 June 1999

Scottish Executive

Education

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to continue the use of public/private partnerships for the "Replacement/ School Building Programme"; and in particular whether it intends to do so in the City of Edinburgh regarding schools in the Niddrie/ Craigmillar and Muirhouse areas.

Peter Peacock: Decisions on whether to pursue school building public/private partnerships are for the local authorities. Such partnerships are expected to continue to make a significant contribution to the improvement of local authority school buildings, in addition to the public sector funding available to local authorities for that purpose. Questions about building work in schools in Edinburgh are matters for the City of Edinburgh Council.